Savoie, a frontier department of France, formed in 1860 of the old provinces of Haute Savoie, Savoie, the Tarentaise and the Maurienne, which constituted the southern portion of the duchy of Savoy. Savoie’s administrative centre is Chambery, the sous-préfectures being Albertville and Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne. It is bounded N. by the department of Haute Savoie, E. and S.E. by Italy, S.W. by the department of the Hautes Alpes, and W. by those of the Isere and the Ain. The best place known to foreigners is Aix les Bains, while other springs of sulphur arise at Marlioz and at Challes.

Savoie is a French department located in the Rhône-Alpes (Rôno-Arpes) region in the French Alps. It is among the two departments of the region of Savoy that was annexed by France on March 24, 1860 after the Treaty of Turin, the other being Haute-Savoie. Savoie’s administrative centre is Chambery, the sous-préfectures being Albertville and Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne. History before 1860 provides evidence of details of the annexation and reasons for the current separatist movement in the departments. Savoie is part of the Rhône-Alpes region. It margins the departments of Haute-Savoie, Ain, Isère and Hautes-Alpes in addition to Italy.